Monthly Archives: February 2021

Sushi Restaurants Battle for Control over Hand Roll Trademark

IP Litigation, Trademark Law,

Sushi Nozawa LLC, owner of the popular sushi destination Sugarfish, is challenging the HRB Experience LLC over use of the term “Hand Roll Bar.” In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the lawsuit, including descriptive versus generic terms, secondary meaning, and the potential strategies of the parties.

Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here.

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Trademark Infringement – Tiffany & Co. Versus Costco

Copyright Law, Manufacturing IP, Trademark Law, ,

In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss Tiffany & Co’s lawsuit against Costco for selling Tiffany-like rings and using the word Tiffany on nearby signage, claiming trademark infringement and unfair business practices.

Watch the episode on Weintraub’s YouTube channel, here.

 

 

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Dogs, Whiskey, and Intellectual Property: Need I Say More?

IP Litigation, Manufacturing IP, Trademark Law, ,

In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Weintraub  attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss Josh’s article for the IP Law Blog, “Dogs, Whiskey, and Intellectual Property: Need I Say More?” 

Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. has petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States for certiorari following an unfavorable ruling from the Ninth Circuit in the matter of VIP Products LLC v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. In that case, VIP Products sued Jack Daniel’s after receiving a cease-and-desist letter concerning its Bad Spaniels Silly Squeaker dog toy. The toy is intentionally similar to the famous Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 whiskey bottle but is clearly intended to be a joke.

Watch the episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here.

Read the full article here. ​

 

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